Wallace Nesbitt

Wallace Nesbitt, KC (May 13, 1858 – April 7, 1930) was a Canadian lawyer and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Not to be confused with Wally Nesbitt.
Wallace Nesbitt

K.C.
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
In office
May 16, 1903 – October 4, 1905
Nominated byWilfrid Laurier
Preceded byDavid Mills
Succeeded byJames Maclennan
3rd President of the Canadian Bar Association
In office
1928–1929
Preceded byJ.E. Martin
Succeeded byRichard B. Bennett
5th President of the Ontario Bar Association
In office
1923–1927
Preceded byGeorge P. Henderson, K.C.
Succeeded byNewton W. Rowell, K.C.
Personal details
Born(1858-05-13)May 13, 1858
Woodstock, Canada West
DiedApril 7, 1930(1930-04-07) (aged 71)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma materOsgoode Hall

Born in Woodstock, Canada West (now Ontario), the son of John W. Nesbitt and Mary Wallace, he was called to the Ontario Bar in 1881. A practising lawyer, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1903. He served for two years until he resigned in 1905.

Nesbitt served as the President of the Ontario Bar Association from 1923 to 1927,[1] and as national President of the Canadian Bar Association from 1928 to 1929.[2]

Family
Memorial Stained Glass Window, Douglass Burr Plumb, Memorial Stairwell, Mackenzie Building, Royal Military College of Canada

In 1887, Wallace Nesbitt married Louisa Andrée Plumb née Elliott (d. 1894), the widow of his one-time law partner Thomas Street Plumb (d. 1885), and became the stepfather of two young children. In memory of his stepson Gentleman Cadet Douglas Burr Plumb, who drowned at Romaine, Labrador on June 22, 1903, Wallace Nesbitt donated a stained glass memorial window in 1920 featuring a Royal Military College of Canada crest and motto.[3]

References
  1. Ontario Bar Association: History
  2. Canadian Bar Association: Past CBA Presidents
  3. Three Memorial Stained Glass Windows, Memorial Stairwell, Royal Military College of Canada
  • "Wallace Nesbitt". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
  • Supreme Court of Canada biography


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